The judge stated that Monique was the target of extreme open misogyny and that, during the five years of the case, Henry’s mother was the target of relentless persecution
The mother of the boy Henry Borel, Monique Medeiros was released this Thursday afternoon (4) after receiving a judicial pardon of judge Elizabeth Machado Louro, of the II Jury Court of Rio de Janeiro, this morning. The teacher left the Gericinó Complex, in the west zone of Rio, in the back seat of a car and did not speak to the press. A brother went to pick her up.
The child’s father, and Monique’s ex-husband, expressed outrage at the decision. ‘They killed my son for the third time,’ said Leniel Borel.
Monique had the crime of murder by omission disqualified from manslaughter – when there is no intention to kill – by the seven jurors. The trial ended in the early hours of Thursday, after 11 days.
After listing the jurors’ decision, the judge began reading the dosimetry of the conviction, citing the “repercussion caused by disproportionate violence”, “disproportionate conduct and cowardice against a child” practiced by Jairo against Henry
The jurors held Monique responsible for omission in one of the three cases of torture initially highlighted by the prosecution. In the other two cases of violence, both Monique and Jairo were acquitted due to lack of materiality.
The torture that was taken into consideration by the jurors took place on February 12, 2021, less than a month after the boy’s death. The dynamic was reported by nanny Thayná Ferreira to Monique while Henry’s mother was in a shopping mall.
Final sentence
Based on the judges’ decision, Elizabeth Machado Louro declared Monique’s punishment for manslaughter extinguished, and granted a judicial pardon, as provided for in the Penal Code. However, she was not acquitted in the case. For the omission in the case of torture, the judge imposed a sentence of 1 year and four months in prison, already fulfilled by Monique.
The judge stated that society’s reaction to Monique was “disproportionate and disproportionate”. She considered the reaction “gender discriminatory”, influenced by “patriarchal culture” which, according to Elizabeth, still guides and permeates mentality and social practices. Elizabeth further stated that the role reserved for women in patriarchal models “not only requires her to be a mother, but the perfect mother.”
“Since the investigation, Monique did not deserve the benefit of the doubt and, throughout the process, although she was identified as a dutiful mother, and was not accused of directly inflicting physical attacks on her son, the revolt quickly evolved into an outright massacre on social media, with attacks much more virulent than those directed at the direct author”, said Elizabeth.
The judge stated that Monique was target of open extreme misogyny and that, during the five years of the case, Henry’s mother was the target of relentless persecution.
“Immeasurable is the suffering of those who, in addition to losing their only son, to which, moreover, they did not intentionally contribute, they saw something during five long years of relentless persecution against their honor and their self-esteem as a mother, not to mention the complete disregard for their pain”, he added.
